Red is the Color of Panic

Today was one of those 'Office Space' days. I can't count the number of times today that I stopped mid-sentence and wondered what in the hell transpired that led me to where I am today. Seriously, I stopped in the middle of conversation and pondered.

Today was also a sad, sad day. My wife learned that Jon and Kate of the ever-popular, "Jon and Kate Plus 8," (which exploits the fertility medication-bred of offspring of this dysfunctional couple), are getting a divorce. Wow. There you have it. Somehow, I think the world will keep turning tomorrow. Well....maybe.

By the way, did you know that there's a reality show about choosing wedding dresses? There's also a series (not a show, but a series) on MTV called "Pregnant and 16," which exploits 16-year-old high school gals that have unfortunately become knocked-up at a way too young age. Not only is it shameful that this show exists, but it's shocking to know that it's a series! Do you know what that means? It means that there's more than one 16-year-old 'misguided' young lady to create a whole slate of shows on the topic. Awesome.

Moving on...

I'm on the homestretch of the first re-write of "The Plunge." God it's taking a long time. It's almost taking too much time, and at times, it almost makes me want to take a long-term hiatus. When I first tried to make a schedule for submitting my work for representation, I anticipated being finished with BOTH manuscripts by the end of June. Obviously, that's not going to happen. I'll be lucky to get "The Plunge" done by the end of the month. But so far I'm hanging in there, not being deterred by the delays (because of life events). As of now, I'm on page 280 of the re-write, with about another 30 to go. You'd think it wouldn't take long, but as I'm trudging toward the end, I'm noticing that the writing got pretty bland on my first go round. I think it's because I was tired and just wanted to finish. I was to give a 'moving target' guess of when this draft will be done, it's by the 4th of July. From there I'll start the second re-write before moving to the third.

Okay gang, it's off to bed. I'm falling asleep at the keyboard.

Until next time...